Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-19

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much holder when the tide il at foot
and correspondingly decreases in power
when the tide is ut it's ebb. The ex-
PLANTATION of this is left your scientific
readers, though II is thought here that
The outlets TO these underground water
currents are far ont in the bay or the
sea. where they come i'll contact with
tides.
What are the Inducements to settle
at West Point. and what the prospects
for an investor?
In answer to this question the follow
ing facts are laid before the reader,
from which he may draw his own con
illusions Savannah, Georgia's princi-
pal shipping port, is city of 5,0o0
people. it was built up by tine bust
ncss drained from the country tri-
luiary to the Central railroad OF
Georgia, controlling system OF roads
until II comfy insignificant, but now
LAYING !, 900 miles Of track. Charles
ten is a city of 5000 people, built up
v the business Of the south Carolina
icilroad, controlling at no time in It's
history more than 600 miles of track.
Wilmington Is now a city Of 20,000
i,yople. buiit mp by q railroad called the
aIolina Central, with n mileage too
Insignificant 20 be mentioned.
NorfolS, Portsmouth, and surround
iugs have a population Of $1,000. and
/ ave been fed by the Norfolk and
Western and the Seaboard and
Roanoke, but principally by the latter
road. which is the outlet of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Baltimore. q city Of 500, 900 people,
WIS built mp by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. which controls LOO miles of
railroad. These arethe principal ship
ping ports on our coast. The largest
81 them Baltimore IS fed by only
100 miles of road. Compare West
Point with these and we find that she
viii be fed hy the great Richmond and
West Point Terminal system. embra-
cling 1000 miles of railroad.
This shipping port has advantages
over Baltimore that cannot be over
rated. IT is one hundred miles nearer
TO New York by water than Baltimore.
] lis gives it superiority over Baltl-
more as a distributing point for the
South, of which Richmond has been
long experiencing the advantage. 1t
j.. in fact that superiority which has
enabled Richmond to build upits trade
with the southern States. West Point
las crown IN seven years from village
OF 400 people to town OF 2,400. 1t
las done this under the influence of
such business rs the Richmond and
Lanvillc alone was able to give it. How
much faster will it grow now that it is
to receive the enormous business of the
Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia,
which has heretofore gone to build up
our sister cities Norfolk and Ports
mouth. II is not too much to say that
the business and population of this
place may be expected to double
itself in the next two years, aEd that IN
five years West Point will be city
equal in size and population and wealth
10 Portsmouth. Everything is fayora-
lie to the development Of a great ship
ping port The country Is healthy,
end there is plenty of fresh, pure
Vatcr-onough to supply city Of 100,
coo people. The harbor is sufficient
ample to accommodate vessels of the
largest size, and the water being fresh,
slips lying at anchor are free from
.arnaclos and worms. The two rivers,
The Pamunkey and Mattaponi, uniting
1T the Point form a peninsula like, in
formation, to Manhattan island, on
which is situated the great metropolis
Of New York. The water of these rivers
is as deep or deeper than the water Of
the North and East rivers, and present
all the advantages for wharfage which
are enjoyed by New York. OF course
all these natural advantages Will 60 for
nothing without railroads to bring
business, but by the great combination
of the Richmond and Danvllle system,
with the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia system, this port is now as
sured of the business of the greatest
railroad system in the South, and one
Of the greatest on earth. ARAlnNrA.